Reposted by Tohm Judson Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Michael Jordan (the machine learning one): "Superintelligence is Science Fiction" 🔥🔥🔥 www.di.ens.fr/~fbach/MJord...di.ens.frMichael I. Jordan on AI: “Superintelligence is science fiction” 28927
Tohm Judson @tohmjudson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This week, the uni i work for featured: A talk from the new AI Enablement Officer in Marketing A talk from the U Pres which spoke of Microsoft and Nvidia partnerships A lecture by the new Vice Provost for Artificial Intelligence … while talking cuts and salary freezes bsky.app/profile/ncaa... 010
Reposted by Tohm Judson The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, has died.nyti.msMargaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has DiedMargaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90. 342102876
Reposted by Tohm Judson Catherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026MIT spent $3 million on 500 AI-capable surveillance cameras while laying people off, shutting down libraries, and canceling journal subscriptions. In this article, 4 faculty & I discuss our new arts initiative to celebrate surveillance and repression on college campuses: fnl.mit.edu/how-we-learn...fnl.mit.eduHow We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance – MIT Faculty Newsletter 8436202
Reposted by Tohm Judson Absolute Fareed @fareedblackman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's a slow motion robbery for racism. 712739
Reposted by Tohm Judson Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Seems to me like we're due for a reconsideration—and perhaps even an exhibition?—of the mostly forgotten illustrator Boris Artzybasheff, whose hallucinatory mid-20th-century automation drawings seem eerily prescient right now. "Executive of the Future," 1952 onlinecollections.syr.edu/objects/1223... 8407102
Reposted by Tohm Judson Nathan Moody @noisejockey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026🚨NEW LIBRARY: →Rainscape←, five hours of field recordings (rural motels, deep forests, tunnels, etc.) and close-mic'd props/surfaces (wood, metal, plastic), a complete construction kit for beds and point-source emitters. #filmsound #gameaudio #soundeffects www.asoundeffect.com/sound-librar... 3287
Reposted by Tohm Judson Return of the Living Dan @danlarson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Writers/Musicians/Artists told you from Day 1 that this was theft. Straight up. Always has been. 102301834
Reposted by Tohm Judson Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel. 21434715
Reposted by Tohm Judson Naomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I've been unsettled lately when reading messages and papers. It feels like I'm dissociating. Everything seems a bit alien, even if it's completely human. I've had a realization: When our simulations finally exited the Uncanny Valley, they brought the Uncanny with them.nsaphra.netLife on the Uncanny Precipice | Naomi SaphraWe were wrong about the Uncanny Valley. 1026561
Reposted by Tohm Judson Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026our entire global financial system is currently leveraged to the hilt on the premise that it was good and right for a small cadre of US companies to steal all of the intellectual work ever produced by humanity and sell its back to us without credit or remuneration to the authors (plagiarism) 2434591034
Reposted by Tohm Judson Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026institutions of higher education are shuttering entire departments and laying off staff while signing multimillion dollar contracts to provide students with access to the plagiarism machine 4867182
Reposted by Tohm Judson Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026More like this. Jason worked with Roland to make an exceptional accessibility guide to the V-STAGE keyboard -- and it's really all about documentation. Spread this one far and wide, because I do hope people will give feedback on it *and* learn how to produce documentation and accessible design!cdm.linkBlind musician Jason Dasent worked with Roland to make a guide for V-STAGE - CDM Create Digital MusicJason Dasent, a blind, UK-based Trinidadian musician, producer, and globally recognized accessibility consultant, has teamed up with the Roland Future Design Lab. The result: a comprehensive accessibi... 1134
Reposted by Tohm Judson KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 12/08/2026Visitors to Seattle's Ballard Locks got a rare experience: A sighting of orcas in Salmon Bay. But these likely weren't local orcas.kuow.org'Oh my God!' Orcas show up at the Ballard LocksVisitors to Seattle's Ballard Locks got a rare experience: A sighting of orcas in Salmon Bay. But these likely weren't local orcas. 0329
Tohm Judson @tohmjudson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Outside of step one, it’s the MS Office playbook. One of academias biggest mistakes. bsky.app/profile/matt... 130
Reposted by Tohm Judson Stein Makes Games @steinmakesgames.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Daily reminder that GDscript supports the Sumerian clay table alphabet, Akkadian cuneiform of ancient Mesopotamia. This is perfectly valid code you can write in your game: 572256764
Reposted by Tohm Judson Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comAI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of DebtAI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt. 10355932418
Reposted by Tohm Judson Washington Emergency Management Division @emd.wa.gov · 20/07/2026Our Newest cryptid has really been shaking things up here in Washington. ...What can Jimothy teach us about #earthquake safety? 313441
Reposted by Tohm Judson Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026'“You tend to be promoted more quickly if you’re in STEM subjects – and coincidentally, STEM subjects tend to be male-dominated, which drives lots of these gender-based effects that we see.”' (Liam Gibson) Original research is open access here: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...timeshighereducation.comSTEM promotion bias helping drive academic gender gapSimple interventions will not solve the complex dynamics behind gender inequities, study finds 24721
Reposted by Tohm Judson Tim Longman 🏳️🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The Department of Education has now officially submitted proposals to eliminate International Education and Fulbright Hays programs, which have funded thousands of students and scholars to study languages and conduct research abroad. I encourage you to make public comments and contact your reps.govinfo.govGovInfoOfficial Publications from the U.S. Government Publishing Office. 7145170
Reposted by Tohm Judson Colin Warriner @colinelmustard.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I think this might be one of the most incredible, unsettling and symbolic photos of today’s America I’ve ever seen. I can’t stop looking at it. From Reuters, published on the Guardian website. 21175161880
Reposted by Tohm Judson Steve Saylor @stevesaylor.net · 02/07/2026Well, this is a MAJOR blow to accessibility. Fortnite has nerfed the Visual Audio wheel, which was designed for deaf and hard-of-hearing players. It makes the game almost unplayable for those players. Plus it helped a ton of other disabled players, including myself www.linkedin.com/posts/cdspow...linkedin.comFortnite sound effects wheel visualizer removed for accessibility | Christopher Power posted on the topic | LinkedInAfter investigating what I thought was a Fortnite glitch, I have found that Epic have severely changed and made nearly useless for accessibility purposes the sound effects wheel visualizer. It is not... 37546
Reposted by Tohm Judson Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post. 411741410
Reposted by Tohm Judson Karine Hains @karinehains.bsky.social · 20/06/2026My latest article for @thehockeynews.bsky.social on the women's side of the game is about the expansion process and its consequences. #PWHL #GoVictoire 4117
Reposted by Tohm Judson That Tom Hall @thattomhall.bsky.social · 19/06/2026RIP Bobby Prince. His music legacy will live on, making inspired music for Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, countless others. A true legend. And such a nice man, great musician, wonderful, fun-loving man, nothing but happy memories of him. A loss to the world. 7254642223
Reposted by Tohm Judson Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Counterpoint: the only thing this set of people want to get rid of more than academic research is serious teaching. 15724141
Reposted by Tohm Judson Matt Baume 🏳️🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Completely gutting, infuriating news. Maridee was a longtime contributor to Seattle Gay News and helped build the city we have today -- documenting our history, standing up to violence, fighting AIDS. I'm so upset, and so angry. 310026
Reposted by Tohm Judson Layla Pigott (they/she) @laylapigott.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Between Microsoft contributing to the Palestinian genocide, the constant increase of gen AI bullshit, and the layoffs/shuttering of studios, how can anyone support Microsoft/Xbox at this point? Anyway, play South of Midnight, Kiln and all the small games Microsoft loves to tout and hates to fund. 012
Reposted by Tohm Judson Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Posting this for a specific audience here. 7441331796
Tohm Judson @tohmjudson.bsky.social · 11/06/2026When it happens, we are going to need the Wu to sage clean the entire DC metro area. 011
Reposted by Tohm Judson Mark J. Nelson @mm-jj-nn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026finally some off-the-grid local AIsqueezlabs.github.ioCrankGPT — fully offline, human-powered local AIA local, voice assistant running on a hand-crank-powered single board computer. 3358
Reposted by Tohm Judson Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 30/05/2026PLEASE ENJOY THIS SMALL DELIGHT. youtu.be/HxZeAYwrtrIyoutu.beLooking at the Fish | An Aquarium of the Pacific Music VideoYouTube video by The Pacific Pals 13518
Reposted by Tohm Judson Rachele DiTullio @racheled.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Part 4 of my series on iPhone mobile #accessibility is live: AT for iPhone: Full Keyboard Access I'm going to follow this up with a series on Android. racheleditullio.com/blog/2026/05...racheleditullio.comAT for iPhone: Full Keyboard Access - Rachele DiTullioYour iPhone comes with powerful assistive technology (AT) built in—useful for checking how well your mobile app is supporting accessibility. When mobile apps don’t work well with one AT, they often do... 054
Reposted by Tohm Judson Woodland Park Zoo @woodlandparkzoo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026We are overjoyed to share some very exciting and adorable news: Jamani’s baby is here! The western lowland gorilla mama delivered her infant at 5:50am May 18. A second-time mom, Jamani is showing all the good maternal skills we want to see, nursing and bonding with her little one. blog.zoo.org 1449
Reposted by Tohm Judson Axel Rauschmayer (also on 🦣) @dr-axel.de · 15/05/20261/ I’m still processing what’s going on in tech at the moment. I used to feel at home in that world. It used to feel incredibly creative and positive. Now it’s increasingly full of bugs, dark addicting patterns and AI slop. 2ality.com2ality.com2ality blog: temporarily offline 1929457
Reposted by Tohm Judson Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/05/2026Nice analysis of the climate costs of Chrome pushing a 4GB Geminin nano to people's devices. Even just looking purely at the download (ignoring inference, re-downloads etc) it's substantial (not sure it's 'insane'), and shows the Google is just kinda doing stuff pretty thoughtlesslythatprivacyguy.comGoogle Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del... 19453240
Reposted by Tohm Judson Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 07/05/2026What I wish for everybody to remember when Canvas comes back online: The reason OUR data can be held for ransom is because Instructure, their owners (KKR private equity & Dragoneer venture capital), & our own employers (see ASU Atomic) monetize it. It's Canvas that hacked education & stole our IP. 242049766
Reposted by Tohm Judson Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 07/05/2026Kind of surprised that this hasn't been bigger news. It's finals week for a whole lot of universities, and yet, Canvas (a learning/grading platform used by ~9,000 schools globally) is currently inaccessible because of a pay-or-have-your-data-leaked hack. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...insidehighered.com“PAY OR LEAK”: Hackers Target Big Higher Ed VendorThe criminal extortion group ShinyHunters breached Instructure last week. The hackers, who have also attacked individual universities, demanded the ed-tech giant pay up or face a data leak. 8620581025
Reposted by Tohm Judson Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026It is a fact of my experience that no written instructions can teach undergrads how to go about developing a research paper. They need to be in a room with me talking to them and explaining how the entire process works while responding to their questions. It’s inefficient AF and that’s the point. 823529
Reposted by Tohm Judson E.J. Dionne @ejdionne.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This description by @AdamSerwer of the logic of the Alito ruling completing the demolition the Voting Rights is devastating—and right “Trying to disenfranchise Black voters isn’t racist; preventing Louisiana from disenfranchising Black voters is racist.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comVoters Can Be Disenfranchised NowJust say it’s because they’re Democrats. 201233391
Reposted by Tohm Judson 404 Media @404media.co · 28/04/2026ASU Atomic, a new tool in beta at Arizona State University, takes faculty lectures and chops them into extremely short clips, that AI then attempts to turn into learning materials.404media.coUniversity Professors Disturbed to Find Their Lectures Chopped Up and Turned Into AI SlopASU Atomic, a new tool in beta at Arizona State University, takes faculty lectures and chops them into extremely short clips, that AI then attempts to turn into learning materials. 29454215
Reposted by Tohm Judson Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 25/04/2026I resigned from the National Science Board in May when meaningful oversight became untenable. I respect colleagues who stayed to serve the NSB's mission. Today's news clarifies that was an erosion of oversight and function has become open elimination of the Board itself. 🧵 time.com/7285045/resi...time.comWhy I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of CongressI cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging. 271462699
Reposted by Tohm Judson Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Ive always been a huge fan of Laurie Spiegel & felt very inspired by her taking the syncopation of mountain banjo styles & putting it to computer music, but Ive never heard her talk about her thoughts on folk music/electronic music & how they're related. "The computer really is a folk instrument..."youtube.com“Electronic music is like folk music.” - Laurie SpiegelYouTube video by Eventide Audio 67822
Reposted by Tohm Judson Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/04/2026You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂 1200317263935
Reposted by Tohm Judson Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 21/04/2026We fucking warned y’all that this was the goddamned end goal for those smart glasses. 11738288
